Women's festival drops event with rapist following protests

Talk with Thordis Elva and the man who raped her was scheduled as part of the Women of the World festival, but will now go ahead as a standalone discussion

A controversial talk by a rape survivor and the man who raped her has been moved out of a women’s festival to a standalone event next week following protests.

Icelandic writer Thordis Elva was due to speak at the Women of the World festival at London’s Southbank Centre on Saturday with Tom Stranger, who raped her when she as 16.

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